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TASTE-TINGLING SALAD Pearadise buffet platter combines
canned fruits from three Pacific states and Hawaii in eye-appeal-Ing.
taste-tingling salad. Spicy pears from the northwest, apples
from famed Yakima valley, dates and oranges from California
and pineapple from Hawaii.
Feeding the Family
By ZOLA VINCENT
Food Editor
Now Is Tim to Stock Up on
Pltntiful Canned Fruit
Canned food sales are beck
oning, "specials" are offered in
newspaper advertisements, dis
plays are piled high with cans
bearing signs reading "Buy the
half dozen, buy the dozen, buy
the case".
January is a time of inventory-
taking in grocery stores and
ware-houses; a time for moving
canned foods stocks to make
way for the new year's bounty
which will be coming along sur
prisingly. Best buys include
pears, peaches, pineapple, plums,
grapefruit.
A well-stocked canned foods
shelf is typically American,
gives the entire family a feel
ing of well-being. It represents
a way of life where food is
abundant both In quantity and
quality. Everybody knows that
fruits and vegetables used for
canning are especialy grown for
that purpose, picked at point of
perfection, sealed in cans and
cooked In briefest possible time
after harvesting.
Every west coaster knows,
.too, that much of these fine
foods are grown in our own
gardens and orchards, that they
are important to our siaie s
economy. This week we talk
about canned fruits. Next week
we'll talk about fancying up
canned vegetables.
Rad the lahel All canned
food labels tell the name and
"style" of the product, the net
weight or volume of the con
tents, the name of the canner
or distributor. Most of them
give helpful suggestions for use.
Choose the fancy packs if you're
showing off the product. The less"
fancy packs have same nutritive
values and flavor if you're using
them as an ingredient; usually
cost considerably less.
Paaradis Buffet Salad
Everybody loves a fruit salad.
Here Is a good old stand-by
certain to please. It combines
spicy. Juicy canned pears from
the "fertile valleys of Washing
ton and Oregon, apples from
Washington's famed Yakima val
ley, dates and oranges from sun
ny California, pineapple from
romantic Hawaii. For a hand
some buffet platter for eight
servings proceed like this: Drain
one No. 2V4 can pear halves and
save one-quarter cup syrup.
(Save balance of syrup for other
use.) Slice one large apple into
chunks and dip in pineapple
syrup. Peel two oranges and
remove sections. Halve
cups pitted dates.
Line salad platter with salad
greens. ArranRe pear halves in
two rows across center of plat
ter. Mix together one No. 2
can pineapple chunks, apple,
oranges and dates. Spoon onto
platter on either side of pears.
Place pieces of date in each pear
cavity. Mix one cup mayonnaise
with one-quarter cup pear syrup.
Pour over salad or offer on side.
Other Pear Ways
Canned pears are wonderful
teamed with fresh or canned
vegetables, with any fruit, with
cheese of all kinds, with meats,
fowl and fish. They're ideal as
a breakfast fruit, especially for
those who like a light breakfast,
because their levulose sugar Pro
vides quick energy. Simple but
verv good salad is made by plac
ing" two pear halves on plate
of salad greens, with or without
scoop of cottage cheese, and ad
ding dash of mayonnaise or
fruit dessing. and finishing up
with a garnish of salted nuts.
Paradise Chocolate Cake
Your favorite packaged choc
olate cake mix poured over can
ned pear halves makes a super
lative dessert, served either
warm or cold. Six generous serv
ings. You need only one No. -2 i
can Pacific Coast pears, three
tablespoons butter, one-half cup
brown sugar, and one package
chocolate cake mix.
Follow directions on cake
package. Combine three table
spoons butter and one-half cup
brown sugar in nine-inch round
cake pan or other of comparable
size and heat until sugar has
melted. Drain syrup from one
No. 21 i can pears and place
pears, cut side down, in the
syrup. Pour chocolate cake bat
ter over pears to within one-
half inch of top of pan. Use
extra batter, if any, for cup
cakes. Bake in moderate oven,
350 degrees, for 50 minutes or
until done. Cup cakes will bake
in 23 to 30 minutes. Serve warm
or cold with whipped cream.
California's Famed Cling
Peaches Favored
Almost 90 per cent of all
canned peaches sold in the Unit
ed States ar California clings,
the balance is made up of free
stone peaches from various
states. A public opinion poll
made a while back indicates
that by far the most popular
use is straight from the can as
a quick luncheon or dinner des
sert. Plain or fixed up, they're
a good buy.
However, other popular uses
as indicated by the survey are
for salads, in cakes and pies
and other backed desserts and in
gelatin salads and desserts. Many
use them as breakfast fruit and
as a meat. garnish.
Other Peachy Ways
Place sliced cling peaches
atop a bowl of steaming hot or
prepared cereal to add color
and interest to breakfast.
Broil canned cling peaches
for a delicious change from
syrup and serve with waffles,
French toast or pancakes.
Fill canned cling peach halves
with cream or cottage cheese,
raisins and chopped nuts for
a nourishing luncheon salad.
Glamorize an everyday salad
with cubed canned cling peach
es and shredded cabbage, tossed
with mayonnaise and peach
syrup dressing made by com
bining with mayonnaise or sour
cream.
Drain canned cling peach
halves, brush with butter or
margaraine, fill with maple
syrup and broil to a glaze. Serve
with meats, pancakes or waffles.
Fill canned cling peach halves
with cranberry relish or jelly
for garnish for roast fowl. Split
gingerbread or chocolate cake.
Fill with ice cream and sliced
canned cling peaches. Top with
additional peaches and syrup.
Fill canned cling peach halves
with blended cookie crumbs,
brown sugar and nuts. Pour
peach syrup seasoned with lem
on juice over all and bake.
Canned Peach Buying. Can
ned cling peach grades are
Fancy, Choice and Standard.
Two styles, halves and slices,
are available in all grades.
Choose the grade that best serves
pour purpose; the fancy for
serving "as is", other grades
for ingredient uses.
Plump Purple Plums
Canned Fruit Treat
Stock up now on juicy, plump,
purple plums which come mostly
in the No. 2'.i cn size one
(pound, 14 ounces) packed in
extra heavy or in medium
syrup. Grown and canned chiefly
in our great Pacific Northwest,
they're high in good eating
qualities as well as in nutrition
al values. Careful cooks utilize
plum juices left over for syrups,
jams, jellies and for toppings.
Superb as they come from the
can, plums also are tremedously
popular in ways like these:
Serve canned purple plums
with hot cereals for nourishing,
healthful breakfast main course.
Every kind of unsalted dairy
product combines perfectly with
canned purple plums; cream
cheese, sour cream, yogurt.
pouring cream, whipped cream.
Try whipped cream and purple
plums with a dash of ginger.
Slice purple plums, add dash
of lemon and use for a sweet
tart layer between waffles for"
a satisfying and tasty break
fast. ;
Cut up canned purple plums,
add one teaspoon sherry wine
and spread between layers of :
plain cake. Top with plums
folded intc whipped cream.
Makes a gourmet luncheon des-
sert.
Use mashed canned purple
plums as topping on ice cream. ;
puddings and sherbets. ;
As a spicy side dish for lamb
roast, try purple plums with j
sprinkle of lime juice. A fine i
The Family Council
Editor's note: The Family CouncU consist! of a Judge, a psychiatrist,
three clergymen, a newspaper editor, a women's editor and two writers. Each
article is a summary of an actual report. The Family Council does not give
advice: It merelv reports on problems that have been dealt with by responsible
a,-encles and counselors.
Thursday, January 10, 1957
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THBKK
Mrs. Rita E. My brother is
making a fool of himself.
Charles J. She's going too
far.
Mrs. Rila E. I want to pre
vent my brother, who is a wid
ower in his 60s. from making a
very bad marriage. It's true he
is old enough to make his own
decisions, but sometimes an old
er man can be more of a fool
than a young one.
Charles brought this woman
to my home for a week end for
me to look her over. Aside
from the fact that she is nice
looking and a good talker I can
see nothine good in her and
a lot that's wrong. She is nosy.
unmannerly and, I suspect, a
gold digger.
This woman went through my
home carefully examining every
article of furnishings and ask
ing me where I had got it and
what I had paid for it. Then
she asked all kinds of questions
about our whole family. I can't
stand people like that and I
don't believe Charles could ever
be happy with her besides he
hasn't got the money to keep
her in the luxuries she wants.
Charles J. My sister is real
ly going too far in interfering
with my life. I wanted her opin
ion of my friend, but. I didn't
expect to get a barrage of abuse
against me and this woman.
I think my sister is being un
fair, but just the same, her at
titude worries me. I wonder
whether I can be so blind that
I just can't see these things my
sister is talking about.
I have been going out with
this woman several months and
I've never noticed her being
unmannerly. She seems to have
a taste for luxurious things, but
I believe she has a fairly good
Idea of what my income is and
she wouldn't bother with me if
it was just money she was in
terested in.
I'm fairly confused now and
am afraid to introduce this
woman to my friends because
she may make a bad impression
on them as well. I had hoped
she would fit in well with my
family and friends because these
things really count as you get
older.
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The Council: Rita has abused
her sisterlv privilege of "look
ing over" her brother's friend.
She was asked for an opinion
and has instead torn the woman
apart and is up in arms to pre
vent her mature brother from
making a fool of himself. Char
les should realize his sister is
being overbearing, and should be
less intimidated by her opinion.
"I can't stand people like
that," says Rita, overlooking the
fact that her reaction has been
a strongly personal and feminine
one. She despises the woman's
lack of social finesse without
stopping to realize her brother
may not find this so very im
portant. She shows a lack of
social finesse herself in this hos
tile explosion against the woman
who may very well become her
sister-in-law.
Rita has also applied that
harsh term "gold digger" to a
woman who may simply be look
ing for a certain degree of se
curity. If the woman has gone
out with Charles for several
months, she probably has a fair
ly good idea of how much she
can expect with him. Charles
ought to clarify the matter furth
er if he has any doubt on this
question.
Charles should have more con
fidence in his own judgment. A
sister's opinion can be valuable
but Rita's reaction appears too
violent to be taken as objective.
If the woman appeals to Char
les, she is likely to fit in well
with his friends. He should
certainly introduce her to them
and observe particularly how she
gets along with other women,
if this is important to him. If
it isn't, he ought to try to for
get and go by his own feelings.
(COPYRIGHT 1957,
GENERAL FEATURES CORP.)
Holdridge Assumes
School Board Job
Clarence Holdrige, Talent, was
sworn in to represent zone five
of the Jackson County Rural
School board at a recent meet
ing. Holdridge replaces John
Spangler who resigned when he
moved out of zone five, which
includes the Talent and Pine
hurst school districts.
Other board business included
completing preliminary pla. s
for a meeting of the rural school
board budget committee Tues
day, Jan. 24. Purpose of the
committee is to propose the op
erating and emergency 'budgets
for the 1957-58 school year.
The board also reviewed
emergency requests from rural
school districts. Board policy and
procedude were reviewed for
the benefit of new members,
Members attending were Glenn
Holdridge and Paul Gasparotti,
W. Smith, chairman; Alf B. Mek
vold, secretary; William A.
Starzinger, Lyle Van Scoy, Hold
ridge and Gasparotti.
New Councilmen Take
Office in Ashland
Ashland Three new city
councilmen assumed duties for
the first time Tuesday as the
council had its opening session
of the new year.
Taking office were L, C. Os-
trander, Walt Bosshard, and Dr.
Glenn Revel. They replace Ralph
Koozer. Harrj; Morris and Dr.
B. A. Cope.
New members join holdovers
Kenneth Jones, John Billings,
Dave Kerr and Mayor R. L.
Neill, reelected last November
without opposition.
substitute for the traditional
mint jelly.
Mash together left-over cook
ed sweet potatoes or yams with
purple plums, dot with butter
and slip under broiler for a
few minutes. Excellent with
pork.
Spicy Plum Sauce
Here is a different and de
licious plum sauce for enjoying
with poultry of any kind. Com
bine three-quarter cup brown
sugar, one-fourth cup white
sugar, two tablespoons whole
cloves, two tablespoons corn
syrup, one stick cinnamon and
one-third cup vinegar and bring
to a boil. Remove from heat and
strain. Pour while hot over one
No. 2's can purple plums that
tiave been drained and pitted.
Let stand overnight. Perfect as
a relish for hot or cold chicken
or turkey.
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LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
Sealed proposals addressed to the
CHy Council of the City of Medford.
Oregon, ar. d endorsed "Proposal for
Armory Saiitary Sewer" will be re
ceived at tie office of the City Re
corder until 11 :00 o'clock A.M., on
the 22nd da of January. 1957. and
thereafter wili be publicly opened and
read and referrid to the Military De
partment. Stale Oregon for their ;
approval. Award vll be made by I
me tny council.
The work consists of trench exca
vation, furnish and placing 8" sani- :
tary sewer line i.im leet in lengm,
to connect the Armory building now
under construction to the South Bear
Creek Sanitary Sewer District trunk j
line as snown on tne plans ana speci
fications. Plans. Special Provisions, General
Specifications, and Contract Agree
ments may be obtained at the office
of the City Manager. City Hall, Mea
ford. Oregon, upon deposit of $10.00.
Bids must be accomoanied bv a
certified check, equivalent to 5T of j
the proposal, payable to tne tuy
Treasurer oi the City of Medford,
Oregon, to guarantee that if a pro
posal is accepted, a contract will be
entered into and its performance se
cured . Bidder bonds will be ac
ceptable lor these projects. Bid must
be in writing signed by or on behalf
of the bidder.
The State of Oregon, or the City
of Medford. reserves the right to re
ject any and all bids and accept such
bids as are to the best interest of the
City.
CITY OF MEDFORD, OREGON
By Vern Thorpe
Public Works Director
Dated: January 8, 1957
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING
The annual meeting of the share
holders of the Jackson County Federal
Savings and Loan Association will be
held at 126 East Main Street, Medford.
Oregon on January 16, 1957 at
7:30 p.m.
J. H. Pletsch. Secretary '
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